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Bombay High Court Refuses Bail To Armaan Kohli In Narcotics Case
The Bombay High Court on Monday rejected the bail application of actor Armaan Kohli in a drug trafficking case.The court, however, granted bail to alleged consumers Kareem Dhanani and Imran Ansari in a case being investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau.Justice Nitin Sambre passed the order soon after hearing arguments by the NCB and the petitioners.The accused approached the High...
Bombay High Court Rejects Petition Filed By Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal Challenging Show Cause Notice Issued By Income Tax Department
The Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chhagan Bhujbal challenging a show cause notice issued by the Income Tax department.In a judgment passed earlier this month, a division bench of Justices K R Shriram and A B Borkar observed that they did not see any reason to exercise their extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of...
Facts Disputed, Girl Allegedly Harassed By Pink Police Officer Not Entitled To Compensation: State Before Kerala High Court
The State has submitted before the Kerala High Court that the 8-year-old girl child and her father allegedly antagonised by a pink police officer in public are not entitled to a public law remedy since the facts in the case were disputed. The allegation against the officer was that she rushed to the girl and her father, yelling at the duo to return her mobile phone, which according to her,...
20% Reduction In Private School Fees To Continue Only Till March 15, 2022: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court on Friday observed that the previously stipulated 20 percent reduction in fees charged by private schools would end on March 15, 2022, owing to the abatement of the pandemic and the resumption of substantial normal activities. The Court further ruled that students will be permitted to resume classes after March 15, 2022, only if the fees and charges specified by the...
No Discrimination Between Unmarried And Married Daughter In Compassionate Appointments : Supreme Court Upholds Karnataka HC Verdict
Dismissing the state of Karnataka's challenge to the Karnataka High Court's affirmation that a married daughter is also entitled for appointment on compassionate grounds and there cannot be any discrimination between an unmarried daughter and a married daughter, the Supreme Court has declared, "We give our full imprimatur to the reasoning of the High Court".The bench of Justices S. K. Kaul and...
'Why Only One Particular Lawyer Is Assigned To Conduct Such Cases?': Calcutta HC Seeks Personal Appearance Of Police Commissioner, Legal Remembrancer
The Calcutta High Court on Friday came down heavily on the Commissioner of Police, Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate for assigning all matters of the Cyber Crime Police Station of Bidhannagar to only one particular lawyer leading to frequent disruption in Court proceedings owing to repeated adjournments sought on that lawyer's behalf. Justice Tirthankar Ghosh sought the personal appearance...
Karnataka High Court Summons President Of Youth Association For Not Shifting Illegally Installed Statute Of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
The Karnataka High Court on Monday summoned one Revanna Siddappa, President of Dr B R Ambedkar Youth Association, for disobeying court orders and not shifting the statute of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar which they illegally erected on public land in Harappanahalli Taluk, Davanagere District to an alternative land within four months. A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi...
Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Challenging TDS Deduction For Interest On MACT Award
Noting that a challenge of this nature would have to be brought before the Court by a person aggrieved, the Supreme Court has dismissed a writ petition which sought to challenge the validity of Section 194A(3)(ixa) of the Income Tax Act 1961 under which tax is deducted at source on the interest payable under an award of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal. The bench of Justices D. Y....
Personal Data Protection Bill : What Does Joint Parliamentary Committee Report Say?
Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on Data Protection Bill After 2 years of deliberation, the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill has tabled its Report in both Houses of the Parliament on Thursday. The JPC report which reviewed the country's first data protection law contains a new version of the Data Protection Law titled as 'The Data Protection...
Right To Default Bail Not Extinguished With 'Simultaneous' Filing Of Chargesheet: Madras High Court
In a pertinent ruling, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has delved deep into the statutory provisions and precedents that determine the four corners of default bail under Section 167(2) of CrPC and Section 36(A)(4) of NDPS Act.Thereby, the court has clarified the long-standing confusion about the time constraints applicable to the accused for availing the right to default bail and to...
"Preposterous" : Supreme Court Dismisses Bank's Plea To Invoke Contempt Action Against Debts Recovery Officer
The Supreme Court recently dismissed a special leave petition filed by the Bank of Baroda challenging the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in not taking contempt action against a Debts Recovery Officer.The bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Vikram Nath while dismissing the Special Leave Petition observed,"We are clearly of the view that in this case, the proposition of...